Asteroid Bennu samples contain 'key to happiness' among other fascinating things
Scientists have found a nutrient crucial to the production of serotonin in the asteroid samples.
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53 massive quasars found blasting out jets 50 times the diameter of the Milky Way
These giant radio quasars belong to a group of 369 that was recently discovered by the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope near Pune, India.
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Groundbreaking finding: Objects near black hole Sagittarius A* are orbiting safely, not falling in after all
An international team of researchers observed four highly intriguing 'dust objects' using the ERIS instrument at the Very Large Telescope facility in Chile.
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Black Holes: From unbelievable theory to observable reality
Delve into how black holes went from being mathematical curiosities to imaged phenomena
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We've now detected 40,000 near-Earth asteroids, thousands more will be discovered soon
10,000 of the 40,000 were discovered in the last three years alone.
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Stunning new image of Butterfly Nebula captured by Gemini South telescope in Chile
Located 2,500 to 3,800 light-years away in the Scorpius constellation, this nebula's unusual shape is a result of its central star shedding material.
6 days ago
Century-old mystery solved? Scientists may have 'seen' dark matter for the very first time
New data from a NASA space telescope hints that scientists may have finally captured the first direct glimpse of the mysterious substance.
7 days ago
Unknown asteroid flew past Earth closer than a satellite—and we didn't spot it until hours later
The giraffe-sized asteroid flew over Antarctica unnoticed.
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James Webb Telescope finds potentially record-breaking black hole from early universe
The black hole is nestled in a distant galaxy named GHZ2.
Nov 25, 2025
Counting the comets: 2025’s discovery tally so far
Comet 3I/ATLAS might have stolen all the headlines, but it's far from the only comet that has been discovered this year.
Nov 22, 2025
Scientists finally track a hard-to-see companion orbiting aging red giant 400 times the size of our Sun
The discovery throws light on how giant or dying stars behave with their surroundings and other objects around them.
Nov 18, 2025
Astronomers finally spotted what they were searching for decades—1st coronal mass ejection from another star
Scientists have spotted a red dwarf star about 130 light-years away ejecting an enormous amount of material into space.
Nov 13, 2025
Would a human survive falling into a black hole?
A black hole has a huge mass packed into an infinitely tiny space.
Nov 13, 2025
Astronomers were perplexed by 'impossible’ merger of two giant black holes—now they know how it happened
The huge collision was detected around 7 billion light-years away with huge masses and extreme black hole spins
Nov 11, 2025
Astronomers stunned as black hole eruption brighter than 10 trillion Suns sets new cosmic record
Data from the NSF-funded Zwicky Transient Facility pinpointed the energy source: J2245+3743, an active galactic nucleus 500 million times more massive than our Sun.
Nov 11, 2025
Astronomers stunned as JWST just spotted a 'Big Red Dot', a supermassive black hole devouring the early universe
Astronomers pinpointed BiRD near the extensively studied quasar J1030+0524, which resides at a distance of about 12.5 billion light-years from Earth.
Nov 5, 2025
JWST observes distant galaxy revealing evidence of first stars forged after the Big Bang
Researchers analyzing JWST observations of LAP1-B determined the distant galaxy exhibits properties consistent with the earliest, hypothesized stars.
Nov 5, 2025
Vera Rubin first look imaging captures stellar stream around spiral galaxy Messier 61
Generated during the initial camera commissioning in June 2025, the discovery stems from the observatory's Virgo First Look images.
Oct 31, 2025
Scientists detect a subtle 'hum' in spacetime from two rare black hole mergers
The findings confirm the presence of rare binary systems and suggest certain black holes are second-generation, forged in earlier cosmic collisions.
Oct 29, 2025
Nearby dwarf galaxy held together by supermassive black hole 450,000 times the Sun's mass, study finds
New research suggests a massive black hole is the primary force preventing Segue 1's small complement of stars from drifting into the void.
Oct 28, 2025